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clucking

/ˈklʌkɪŋ/

cluckingnoun

cluckings

Translations

кудахтанье

The clucking of the chickens could be heard from the barn.

Кудахтанье кур слышалось из сарая.

Definitions

The sound made by a hen, especially when calling her chicks.

The clucking of the hen could be heard from the barn as she gathered her chicks.

A sound resembling the noise made by a hen, often used to express disapproval or concern.

There was a clucking of tongues among the audience when the speaker made a controversial statement.

Synonyms

cluckinggerund / present participle

/ˈklʌkɪŋ/

Used to describe something that produces clucks or to convey fussing disapproval.

Definitions

Making clucking sounds; characterized by repeated clucks.

The clucking hen strutted around the yard.

Fussing or expressing mild disapproval in a way likened to a hen's cluck.

Her clucking relatives kept asking when she would settle down.

Synonyms

cluckverb

clucking

Gerund

clucked

Past Simple

clucked

Past Participle

clucking

Gerund

/klʌk/

Translations

кудахтать

The hen began to cluck loudly when she saw the fox.

Курица начала громко кудахтать, когда увидела лису.

Definitions

To make a short, low sound that a chicken makes.

The hen clucked softly as she settled onto her nest.

To express disapproval or concern by making a similar sound.

The teacher clucked at the students' messy work.

To utter or express (something) with a clucking sound.

She clucked a warning to the chicks.

Synonyms

clucknoun

Definitions

The characteristic short, sharp sound made by a hen, especially when calling her chicks.

The cluck of the hen was a comforting sound on the farm.

A person regarded as silly or foolish.

He felt like a cluck after realizing he had forgotten his keys at home.

A domestic hen, especially one that is brooding or sitting on eggs.

The cluck refused to leave her nest even for food.